1,500km highways, roads under RHD need repair
Around 1,500 kilometres of highways and roads under the Roads and Highways Department require repair at present, said the department鈥檚 chief engineer Syed Moinul Hasan on Monday...
Bangladesh
Yunus unveils 7-point proposal for resolving Rohingya crisis
Interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday rolled out a seven-point proposal for a sustainable solution to the protracted Rohinhya crisis.
Three people killed in Khulna road accident
Three people, including a woman, were killed and five others were injured in a head-on collision between a three-wheeler and a pickup van on Khulna-Satkhira highway at Dumuria upazila in Khulna district on Monday morning...
CA joins Cox鈥檚 Bazar dialogue on Rohingya crisis
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus joined the stakeholders鈥� dialogue on the Rohingya crisis in the district town on Monday.
Dhaka鈥檚 air turns 鈥榰nhealthy for sensitive groups鈥� with AQI score of 107
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked eighth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 107at about 9:40am on Monday...
People suffer as July uprising victims block city road
People suffered on Sunday due to traffic congestion as the families of a section of July uprising victims blocked the road leading to the state guest house Jamuna in the capital to press their demands, including the resignation of law adviser Asif Nazrul and chief adviser鈥檚 special assistant for home ministry Md Khuda Baksh Chowdhury...
HC summons Sylhet officials
The High Court on Sunday ordered the Sylhet divisional commissioner and the district鈥檚 deputy commissioner to personally appear before the court and explain their positions on the stone extraction from the protected areas...
Dismissed SI beaten, handed over to police in Rajshahi
An angry mob beat up a dismissed police sub-inspector in Rajshahi city on Saturday night, allegedly for harassing people by framing them in false cases...
Eid-e-Miladunnabi on Sept 6
The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the anniversary of the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM), will be observed across the country on September 6 with due religious solemnity...
BSF delegates reach Dhaka today
A nine-member delegation of India鈥檚 Border Security Force is set to reach Dhaka today to attend the 56th director general-level conference with the Border Guard Bangladesh...
Robbery suspect lynched in Patuakhali
A suspected robber was killed and another was injured on Sunday in a lynching incident in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali district...
Locals protest at 2 unions鈥� inclusion in Dhaka-2 constituency
Several hundred residents of Bongao and Birulia unions under Savar upazila staged a demonstration on Sunday protesting at the Election Commission鈥檚 move to include the unions in the Dhaka-2 constituency area...
Robbers posing as DB police loot house at Savar
A gang of armed robbers allegedly posing as members of the Detective Branch of police looted cash and jewellery from a house at Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka on Saturday night, leaving the neighbourhood in shock and fear.
DRU demands weekly two days off, implementation of wage board
Dhaka Reporters Unity on Sunday urged the government to immediately implement the ninth wage board award, form the tenth wage board, and introduce two weekly holidays for journalists.
Change in policymakers鈥� outlook crucial
Investor confidence, changes in policymakers鈥� outlook, home-grown policy and economic viability of power projects are highly crucial for shifting towards generating clean energy, experts said...